In the Old Quarter, this newly built 55-room hotel marries old- and new-world design motifs.

By Naomi Lindt, Monday, Oct 12, 2009, 6:20 PM

Maison D'Hanoi Hanova Hotel

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The fact that the year-old Maison d'Hanoi Hanova Hotel lies in the Old Quarter is both a design challenge and opportunity. The newly built 55-room structure occupies a "tube house"—a traditional type of architecture with a narrow 19-foot-wide façade—requiring a resourceful use of space. Skylights, circular mirrors, and silk lamps maximize airiness, while the redwood floors, scarlet walls, and gray-silk headboards lend an authentic old-world feel. Double-glazed windows help block out the motorbike traffic below, and the city's best tailors are steps away on Hang Gai, or Silk Street.